The Ritual Lament in Greek Tradition

Author:   Margaret Alexiou ,  Dimitrios Yatromanolakis ,  Panagiotis Roilos ,  Dimitrios Yatromanolakis
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
ISBN:  

9780742507562


Pages:   320
Publication Date:   11 April 2002
Format:   Hardback
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The Ritual Lament in Greek Tradition


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Author:   Margaret Alexiou ,  Dimitrios Yatromanolakis ,  Panagiotis Roilos ,  Dimitrios Yatromanolakis
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Rowman & Littlefield
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.80cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.10cm
Weight:   0.526kg
ISBN:  

9780742507562


ISBN 10:   0742507564
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   11 April 2002
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Part 1 Lament and Ritual Chapter 2 Tradition and change in antiquity Chapter 3 From paganism to Christianity Chapter 4 Modern survivals Part 5 Gods, cities, and men Chapter 6 The ritual lament for gods and heroes Chapter 7 The historical lament for the fall or destruction of cities Chapter 8 The classification of ancient and modern laments and songs to the dead Part 9 The common tradition Chapter 10 Antiphonal structure and antithetical thought Chapter 11 Conventions, themes, and formulae Chapter 12 The allusive method

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The publication of this second edition by Rowman & Littlefield is very much to be welcomed. It has been sensitively revised by Dimitrios Yatromanolakis and Panagiotis Roilos, who have reworked some passages and clarified the wording of others, but carefully maintained the original structure and argument of the book... Times Literary Supplement The publication of this second edition by Rowman & Littlefield is very much to be welcomed. It has been sensitively revised by Dimitrios Yatromanolakis and Panagiotis Roilos, who have reworked some passages and clarified the wording of others, but carefully maintained the original structure and argument of the book. Times Literary Supplement


The publication of this second edition by Rowman & Littlefield is very much to be welcomed. It has been sensitively revised by Dimitrios Yatromanolakis and Panagiotis Roilos, who have reworked some passages and clarified the wording of others, but carefully maintained the original structure and argument of the book.... * Times Literary Supplement * The publication of this second edition by Rowman & Littlefield is very much to be welcomed. It has been sensitively revised by Dimitrios Yatromanolakis and Panagiotis Roilos, who have reworked some passages and clarified the wording of others, but carefully maintained the original structure and argument of the book. * Times Literary Supplement *


Author Information

Margaret Alexiou is professor emerita of modern Greek studies at the Department of the Classics, Harvard University. Panagiotis Roilos is assistant professor of modern Greek studies at the Department of the Classics, Harvard University. Dimitrios Yatromanolakis is junior fellow in classics at te Society of Fellows, Harvard University.

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